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Alliance Animal Health
Nashville, Tennessee

Associate Veterinarian

VeterinarianNo weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

Company Description

Great medicine by day. Music City by night.

McCormick Animal Clinic is looking for an Associate Veterinarian to join our team in Nashville, Tennessee — a city with a genuine claim to being one of the most exciting places in the country to live, not just visit. If you're looking for a strong, established practice and a city with real energy to come home to, we'd love to talk.

About the Role

Join a well-established, respected small animal practice with a loyal client base and a team that genuinely enjoys working together.

  • Full- or part-time schedule available
  • Competitive salary + production, relocation assistance, and full benefits package
  • Modern equipment and in-house diagnostics
  • Supportive, collaborative team culture
  • Room to practice great medicine your way

Why Nashville?

Nashville's nickname is "Music City," but that barely scratches the surface of what makes this place genuinely fun to live in.

A legendary live music scene, every night of the week. From the historic Ryman Auditorium — the "Mother Church of Country Music," where Johnny Cash met June Carter — to the energy of Honky Tonk Highway on Lower Broadway, live music isn't a special occasion here, it's a Tuesday.

The world's only full-scale Parthenon replica sits right in Centennial Park, originally built in 1897 and rebuilt in concrete in the 1920s — complete with a towering recreation of the Athena Parthenos statue inside. A genuinely strange and wonderful thing to have in your city park.

A food and nightlife scene that keeps growing. Rooftop bars, James Beard-recognized restaurants, hot chicken institutions, and the Nashville Farmers' Market all give you plenty of reasons to explore after a shift.

Green space without leaving the city. Centennial Park, Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, and Cheekwood Estate's 55 acres of gardens and art give you a genuine escape without a long drive.

A city that takes its art seriously, in unexpected ways. Nashville's mural scene is everywhere — walk a few blocks downtown and you'll run into several without even trying.

Pro sports and minor league charm. Catch the Nashville Sounds at their guitar-shaped-scoreboard ballpark, or take in Titans football and Predators hockey if you're into the bigger leagues.

A genuinely central location. Nashville International Airport offers easy, direct access to most of the country, and you're a short drive from the Great Smoky Mountains if you need a weekend in the woods.

Room to be a little weird. Dragon Park, Madame Tussauds, an axe-throwing bar with skyline views, a motor museum in an old bakery — Nashville has a real appetite for the offbeat alongside its polish.

Ready to Make Music City Home?

If you're a veterinarian looking for a strong practice in a city that never runs out of things to do, we'd love to hear from you. Send your resume and a note about what you're looking for in your next role.

McCormick Animal Clinic | Nashville, TN Great medicine. Great team. A city that never misses a beat.

Job Description

  • Our Veterinarians:
  • Develop a relationship with our clients and partner with them to deliver the highest quality patient care possible.
  • Treat each pet individually to minimize stress, anxiety or discomfort.
  • Stay up-to-date with innovative and emerging veterinary medications, procedures, treatments, protocols and equipment.
  • Collaborate and function as a team within the hospital.
  • Help to continue developing the support team.
  • Treat every client like family and each patient like their own pet.

Qualifications

  • What We're Looking For
  • DVM degree and active (or eligible) Tennessee veterinary license
  • Strong clinical, surgical, and communication skills
  • A genuine team player who builds real relationships with clients and patients
  • Someone ready for a city with real energy — and ready to make it home
  • Additional Information

We Are a DRUG-Free, Smoke-Free, Equal Opportunity Employer.

Company Policy & Federal & State Laws Forbid Discrimination Because of Age, Color, Race, Religion, Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation or National Origin

Key Responsibilities

The Associate Veterinarian will provide high-quality patient care while building strong relationships with clients. They are responsible for performing medical treatments, surgeries, and collaborating with the support team to maintain hospital standards.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Veterinary medicineSurgeryClinical diagnosticsClient communicationTeam collaborationTreatment planningMedical record keeping

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

Of the 50 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 76% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks18 jobs · 16 employers

401k / retirement match
94%
CME allowance
89%
Sign-on bonus
83%
Relocation assistance
44% this job
Loan repayment
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 5.7
Better work-life than 50% of Veterinary Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,971 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Nashville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$413k
Typical market rent
$1,834/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Alliance Animal Health

Veterinary Services
Rye Brook, New York
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary + production
Relocation assistance
Full benefits package
Modern equipment and in-house diagnostics
Supportive, collaborative team culture
Full- or part-time schedule available